WHO "Helps Vaccine to Improve Antibiotic Resistance Issues..."Effect of reducing consumption by 22%"

A World Health Organization (WHO) study has found that vaccination can contribute significantly to improving antibiotic resistance, which is a major obstacle to overcoming the disease.

"Effective use of vaccines against 24 pathogens can reduce global antibiotic doses by 22% and by 2.5 billion doses each year," the WHO said in a report.

Antibiotic resistance refers to a situation in which bacteria, viruses, and fungi no longer respond to antibacterial drugs as a result of misuse of antibiotics.

Vaccines help improve resistance problems because they prevent disease infection itself, and as infections decrease, the use of antimicrobial agents decreases and slows the spread of resistant pathogens.

According to the WHO, about 5 million antibiotic resistance-related deaths occur around the world every year.The

report explained that the pneumococcal vaccine already in use, the Haemophilus influenza B (Hib) vaccine, and the typhoid vaccine can prevent up to 106,000 antibiotic resistance-related deaths each year.

In addition, it estimated that 543,000 antibiotic resistance-related deaths could be prevented annually if new vaccines for tuberculosis and Klebsiella pneumonia were developed and supplied worldwide.

The WHO said, "The cost of treating resistant pathogens amounts to $730 billion (988.4 trillion won) every year," and predicted, "If vaccines are distributed to 24 pathogens, we will save a third of hospital costs related to antibiotic resistance."